Literomancy (from the Latin litero, "letter", mancy "prophecy"), as its name suggests, is a form of fortune-telling based on letters. Here a letter means an element in a particular written language, such as a Spanish word or a Chinese character. A fortune-teller of this type is known as a literomancer. For prophecy in the context of revealed religions see Prophet. ... 漢字 hànzì, hanja, kanji… in Traditional Chinese and other languages. ...

As a superstition literomancy is practised in Chinese-speaking communities, known as 測字/测字 (cè zì in Pinyin). The subjects of a literomancy are traditionally single characters and the requestor's name. In modern times elements such as foreign words or, even more recently, e-mail addresses and instant message handles have come into use as a subject. A wide range of possibilities can be attributed to the nature of written Chinese language. It is believed that many parents consult literomancers when christening their new-borns. A superstition is an incorrect belief about the relation between certain actions (often behaviors) and other actions. ... Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... An instant messenger is a computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network such as the Internet. ... Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism. ...

When practising literomancy, the client puts up a subject, be it a single character or a name. The literomancer then analyses the subject, the client's choice of subject or other information related to the subject, along with other information he sees in the client or that the client supplies to arrive at a divination. This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, tells the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a fresh-water crab. ...

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For related topics, see Category:Spirituality and Category:New Age. For groups that may foster occult practices, see Category:New religious movements. See Chinese language Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ...